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In my personal experiance, Koreans have a more difficult time pronouncing english words. They seem to keep more of a foreign accent than other asian people. Maybe it's because their language doesn't have certain sounds or pronounciations that we use in english.
Why do you ask?
You could say that about most languages.
My sister-in-law and nephew are Korean, and both lost their accents within a few years of moving here. My mother-in-law, by contrast, was Chinese, lived here for almost forty years, and never stopped speaking in an accent so thick, I frequently had to ask her to write down what she was saying so I could understand it.
I think it has more to do with the individual than their place of origin.
My cousin in law is from Germany, the best man at our wedding is from Hong Kong. Long time ago, Hong Kong guy called up and asked to come over, I said sure and that Germany guy was already here. He said, "You mean that guy with the think accent?" I laughed out loud, talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
Had a party with both of them attending once and they got into an argument about President Rosenfelder...yep that's what they were calling him. The funniest thing is that they were both arguing about a different Rosevelt and didn't even know it. And of course, with each beer, their accents got stronger and they had more and more trouble understanding each other. It was so funny. Would have been a great SNL skit.
You oughta hear the regional accents on some of them.
Interesting story. Welcome.
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Shoot, in my family you can do that with people whose ancestors have been here since colonial times.
Interesting thing about accents. I had a Southern accent as a child, because both my parents do, but I also had a lisp. I attended speech therapy for years, and also took vocal and choral lessons. I still have a lisp, but I'm told that when I talk, I sound like that computerized female voice you hear on telephone answering systems.
When I listen to people talking with a Southern accent, though, mine returns. I was watching a TV show the other day that was set in Louisiana, and my best friend called. He couldn't figure out who the heck he was talking to at first.
God, my son watches that show all the time. It's one of the many reasons that my computer has headphones attached.
You can always spot the ones with small children! My favorite episode is RollerCoaster.
BTW Againsheila, my youngest son has Asperger syndrome.
Well, there is hope. After 5 years of sitting around the house and not getting a job my oldest finally started college this year at DeVry University and he's getting all A's so far. He's even joined a couple of clubs and is finally showing an interest in learning how to drive.
That's good to know. He is exceptionally bright. He makes straight A's. It's the social situations that are difficult for him and he's not very athletic.
As a Sociologist, one of my favorite fields of study is Linguistics.
My pet theory about language is the "Whorfian Hypothesis"
Named after Benjiman Whorf. Who said that language defines a peoples culture and reality.
Whorf Hypothesis
I think you will find it interesting!
^^^ I saw Whorf up there and thought Unk had misspelled Worf and was talking about Klingonese.
^^^ I saw Whorf up there and thought Unk had misspelled Worf and was talking about Klingonese.
Klingon was not covered in my study of Linguistics.
^^^ I saw Whorf up there and thought Unk had misspelled Worf and was talking about Klingonese.
Klingon was not covered in my study of Linguistics.
